Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, lemon curd tartlets. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lemon Curd Tartlets is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Lemon Curd Tartlets is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
The crust is crumbly, soft and cookie-like. The lemon curd is so smooth and flavorful. Tartlets with Lemon Curd and Whipped Cream (Korzinki).
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lemon curd tartlets using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon Curd Tartlets:
- Make ready Lemon curd
- Get 6 tbsp soft butter
- Make ready 1 cup sugar
- Get 2 eggs
- Get 2 egg yolks
- Make ready 1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice.
- Get Tart shells
- Take 6 oz plain flour
- Get 1 tbsp caster sugar
- Get 120 grams cold butter
- Prepare 2 tbsp cold water
Lemon Curd Tartlets are mini pastry shells filled with lemon curd, and topped with meringue that is lightly toasted. We have them every year at my work Christmas party and I always have to have. Lemon curd tartlets: shortcrust pastry shells filled with lemon curd and topped with fresh raspberries, easy to make and so delicious. These lemon curd tartlets are one of my favorite desserts.
Steps to make Lemon Curd Tartlets:
- For tartlet shells: In a bowl, stir flour with sugar.With pastry blender or fingertips cut or rub butter into flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- Sprinkle cold water a tbsp at a time into mixture, mixing lightly with a fork until dough just holds together. With hands shape dough into ball.Wrap and refrigerate for 30 mins
- Preheat oven to 220°C/425°F/gas 7.On lightly floured surface with floured rolling pin roll out dough 3mm- 1/8 inch thick. With floured 3 inch round pastry cutter cut out as many rounds as possible. Repeat with remaining dough.
- Press each round in tartlet tins .With fork prick shells in many places to prevent shrinkage and puffing during baking.Bake for 12/15 mins until lightly browned
- Cool tartlets before filling them with lemon curd
- For lemon curd: Cream together butter & sugar for 2 mins until light & fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Then add yolks.
- Beat until mixture becomes smooth and creamy light yellow.
- Add lemon juice. Beat on low speed until incorporated.
- Transfer to med sized saucepan and on low heat stir mixture is heated through and no longer looks curdled.
- Keep stirring constantly for next 12 min on med heat until thickened.
- Remove from heat and let it cool with cling wrap pressed directly on to the surface.
Lemon Curd Tart is a delicious combination of a sweet and crisp pastry crust and a tangy lemon Lemon Curd is actually a preserve and while you can buy it, I encourage you to make your own as it. These Lemon Curd Tartlets are so refreshing with the curd and lemon wedges toping. They are served chilled, so these make a perfect baked treat for summer! After baking and cooling the tartlets, fill with homemade lemon curd and top with flaked almonds or a piece of fruit. You could also top these with meringue if you wanted to achieve mini lemon meringue.
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